The United States Air Force(USAF)has scrapped a troubled Oracle enterprise resource planning(ERP)software implementation after spending$1bn(£630m)over the past seven years–and concluding that it would still cost too much to ...
Tags: USAF, ERP, ECSS project
IDG News Service - The U.S. Air Force has decided to scrap a major ERP (enterprise resource planning) software project after spending US$1 billion, concluding that finishing it would cost far too much more money for too little gain. ...
SAP has developed an update for its HANA in-memory database that will enable it to"power mission-critical transactional and analytical applications in one platform,"the vendor announced Wednesday during the Tech Ed and Sapphire conferences ...
Tags: SAP, HANA in-memory database, service pack stack 5, SPS5
SAP has introduced its first cloud-based financial application for the enterprise, which provides real-time data based on the company's Hana in-memory database system. The product is part of SAP's wider One Cloud strategy, which brings ...
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SAP is tying the HANA in-memory database to its CRM (customer relationship management) software and other applications, creating a package that will "allow organizations to revolutionize the way they engage with their customers," the ...
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SAP on Tuesday is expected to showcase how it will tie together its business applications with the cloud-based business network it gained through the acquisition of Ariba during the Sapphire and Tech Ed conferences in Madrid. The Ariba ...
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Computer giant IBM is being sued by chemicals company Avantor Performance Materials over a software project that, it claims, went wrong. Avantor, which produces chemicals and raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry, as well as ...
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Enterprise mission-critical applications and workloads are rising, but IT executives are still not confident about running them on public cloud platforms, according to research firm IDC. Mission-critical systems remain at the core of the ...
Tags: public cloud platforms, Mission-critical systems, datacentre, CIOs
DeSL, a global company delivering integrated web based solutions for the Fashion, Apparel, Textile and Footwear sectors, announces a new initiative to help boost Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and design skills in the fashion industry. ...
There are thousands of small manufacturers who produce textiles and apparel. From high fashion to overalls, from wrist watches to intricate semi-precious gem jewelry, these manufacturers are finding increasing intricacy in production and ...
Tags: textiles, apparel, semi-precious gem jewelry, woven rugs, Fishbowl
The government is to test the feasibility of moving to a single enterprise resource planning(ERP)platform across Whitehall. In a GBP100,000,four-month tender as part of the Next Generation Shared Services programme,the government said it ...
Tags: single ERP, Services programme, emergency services, Oracle
Datatex is participating in IFAI Expo Americas 2012 in Boston on November 7-9, 2012. IFAI celebrates the 100-year anniversary with a anniversary party the first night of the exposition. Datatex will present the fully functional NOW ...
Tags: ERP Tools, Web Based ERP Tools, art production scheduling tools
Contents HR lags behind in consumerisation of IT Useability a driving force behind HR technology Big data can be a powerful HR tool Read more on SaaS HR Read about cloud-based HR implementations Read more on big data in HR Businesses must ...
Tags: unfair SaaS HR contracts, HR technology Big data, SaaS-based HR, Otter
First came the heavy adoption of Apple's mobile platform by consumers whose heavy use of the devices for business tasks forced the IT operations at their companies to support them. Android was the next mobile platform pushed onto IT and ...
Tags: Apple, mobile platform, IT operations, Android, Gartner, tech trends
IDG News Service-Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 will mark"the end"of the computer industry's dominant OS due to increasing competition and choice sparked by alternatives,Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff predicted Friday. Windows 8 is a ...
Tags: Salesforce, Windows 8, Microsoft